In all honesty, it seemed pretty apparent that Clemens wanted to go somewhere where he was not only wanted, but yearned for in the deepest, darkest sense. And the Yankees, 14-15 with craptastic pitching as of this morning, clearly needed him.

One other thing: when the Red Sox and Yankees match up for the rest of this season, the likely matchup of aces would be Clemens against Curt Schilling, right? Now that's a heavyweight matchup.